CANINE-DISTEMPER ENCEPHALOMYELITIS - VARIATION WITH VIRUS-STRAIN
CANINE-DISTEMPER ENCEPHALOMYELITIS - VARIATION WITH VIRUS-STRAIN
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DOI:
10.1016/0021-9975(84)90009-4
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
0.8
通讯作者:
APPEL, MJG
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作者:
SUMMERS, BA;GREISEN, HA;APPEL, MJG
Disease induced by 3 virulent strains of canine distemper virus (CDV) was compared in specific pathogen-free Beagle dogs. All strains produced an encephalomyelitis; variation was observed in the severity, clinical course and resulting neuropathology. Infection with Snyder Hill strian fo CDV was consistently acute; dogs succumbed 14-19 day post-inoculation (PI) or recovered. Lesions in the neuraxis were those of a polioencephalomyelitis. CDV strain A75-17 produced subacute to chronic disease in which demyelination was the predominant finding. Some dogs succumbed, generally around 28-42 days PI. Total recovery was again recorded for some members of the group. Others developed persistent CNS infection but remained clinically stable until electively killed with barbiturate, up to 62 days PI. CDV strain R252 also induced delayed, predominantly white matter disease with a mixed pattern of mortalities, persistent infections and recoveries, similar to A75-17. Neutralizing antibody responses correlated with the disease course. Dogs which died had low serum titers or lacked serum antibody. Recovering dogs had the earliest and highest titers. A few dogs with persistent CNS infection had antibody in the CSF also. Current concepts of the pathogenesis of canine distemper encephalomyelitis (CDE) are discussed and a basis for the strain-dependent clinical and pathological expression of CDE is proposed. Viral strain appears to be an important factor in this common disease of the canine CNS.